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- Short: Search CeeD's & Co Disks database
- Author: 1schuppe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
- Uploader: 1schuppe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
- Type: disk/cdrom
-
- Welcome to CDIndex!
-
- This is release ß2 (see history for changes). Search for (new) to
- see changes in this documentation.
-
- If you use CDDA player programs such as CeeD (by Peter Urbanec)
- and create a database of your CDs, this is the program for you!
- CDIndex allows you to search in such databases; just enter the pattern
- and press return.
-
-
- Contents:
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 0. Installation
- 1. Graphical Interface
- 2. Keyboard Accelerators
- 3. Message Line
- 4. About the Search Algorithm
- 5. Program Information
- 6. Future Versions
-
- A. About The Database Included in this Distribution
- B. Authors Address
- C. History (new)
-
-
- 0. Installation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Just copy CDIndex (and it's icon) to your favourite directory. Click on
- the icon and set the tooltypes:
-
- DISKSPATH Specify the directory where CDIndex will find the
- index files of your CDs. Don't forget a "/" at the end
- of the path.
- (default EH0:PublicDomain/Disk/CeeD/Disks/)
-
- WINX Position of the top left corner of CDIndex's
- WINY window. (default 0)
-
- TITLEPOINTS Points, if pattern was found in the title (10)
- ARTISTPOINTS Points, if pattern was found in the artist line (10)
- FULLWORDPOINTS Points, if pattern is a complete word (5)
- MATCHONLYPOINTS Points, if pattern was found inside a word (1)
-
-
-
- 1. Graphical Interface
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Artist Artist of current displayed CD
-
- Title Title of current displayed CD
-
- (Listview) All tracks of the current CD are displayed here
-
- Pattern Enter your seach pattern in this string gadget
-
- (Cycle) Allows you to modify the search area. The possible
- values are:
-
- Anywhere Searches in artist, title and track
- listing.
- Artist Searches only in the artist line¹.
- Title Searches only in the title line¹.
- Track listing Searches only in the track listing¹.
-
- Start Search Press this button to start search.
-
- < View previous entry (if available).
-
- > View next entry (if available).
-
-
-
- 2. Keyboard Accelerators
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Instead of using the mouse, you can also activate every function with
- your keyboard.
-
- a Copy artist into the string gadget.
-
- c (C) Next (previous) value of the cycle gadget (search area).
-
- p Activate string gadget for text entry.
-
- q or x Quit CDIndex
-
- s Start search.
-
- t Copy title into the string gadget.
-
- < View previous entry (if available).
-
- > View next entry (if available).
-
-
-
- 3. Message Line
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The message line shows your information of CDIndex's status or gives
- you information of the search results of the current displayed CD.
-
-
-
- 4. About the Search Algorithm
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The search algortim is based on the algorithm of Booyer and Moore and
- gives different points the following reasons (you could change the
- values with the tooltypes, see above):
-
- 10 points if the pattern was found in the artist line
- 10 points if the pattern was found in the title line
- 5 points if the pattern is a whole word
- 1 point if the pattern was found anywhere else
-
- Example:
-
- You search for the pattern "Love" in your database which contains
- only this CD:
-
- Artist: Software
- Title : I Love To Love
-
- Track #1: I Love To Love
- Track #2: I'm Your Loverboy
- Track #3: Science Can't Be Crime
- Track #4: Last Track
-
- Than this CD reaches 41 points:
-
- 15 points for the first "Love" in the title
- 15 points for the second one.
- 5 points for the first "Love" in track #1.
- 5 points for the second one.
- 1 point for "Love" in "Loverboy"
- --
- 41 points
-
- If this was the highest rating, it is set to 100%.
-
- Notice: The search is case sensitive if you have upper case
- letters in your pattern; it's case insensitive if you enter
- only lower case letters (This feature was already implemented
- in the first release, but not mentioned here). (new)
-
- 5. Program Information
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This program is a beta release, which means
-
- · not fontsensitive (it uses topaz 8)
- · not checked for enforcer hits (I have only a 68000)
- · not guarrented to work correctly
- · ...
-
- CDIndex is Public Domain (whatever this means...).
-
-
-
- 6. Future Versions
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Hmm, maybe. Yes, this one! (new)
-
-
-
- A. About The Database Included in this Distribution
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The file mydisks.lha includes some of my audio CDs. You could use it
- to test CDIndex, use for your own or delete it...
- If you want a complete catalogue of all my CDs, send me an e-mail (see
- address below).
-
-
-
- B. Authors Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Fin Schuppenhauer
- Braußpark 10
- D-20537 Hamburg
- (Germany)
-
- E-Mail: 1schuppe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
-
-
-
- C. History (new)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ß1 · Initial release.
-
- ß2 (29.03.1996) · CDInxex crased, if you have index files bigger
- than 1024 bytes. Now increased to 16834 bytes.
- · Artist and title search was mixed up
-
-
-
- ¹
- Format of CeeD's & Co. index file. Each CD is represented as an own
- file, the filename is the CD ID, for example "ID1440322D041741". The
- data is readable ascii of the follwing form:
-
- First line : Artist
- Second line : Title
- Third line : Track #1
- Fourth line : Track #2
- ... ...
- line n+2 : Track n
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 16804 9324 44.5% 08-Mar-96 12:59:48 +CDIndex
- 969 443 54.2% 26-Feb-96 23:33:14 +CDIndex.info
- 6321 2307 63.5% 29-Mar-96 09:24:10 +CDIndexb2.readme
- 16 16 0.0% 24-Feb-96 10:09:12 +m2c.opt
- 14 14 0.0% 25-Feb-96 11:49:06 +m2l.opt
- 23556 23556 0.0% 26-Feb-96 23:44:46 +mydisks.lha
- 37958 8270 78.2% 08-Mar-96 12:50:18 +CDIndex.mod
- 628 260 58.5% 29-Mar-96 09:11:00 CDIndexb2.info
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 86266 44190 48.7% 30-Mar-96 11:04:52 8 files
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